2. Daniel Snyder, Washington Redskins
If this offseason was the first time that Snyder came into the spotlight, he’d still make this list from room to spare.
He reportedly did not want to trade Kirk Cousins to the 49ers. Did he want to buy an extra year to talk Cousins into a long term deal? Was he worried about trading Cousins to another NFC team. Was San Francisco not offering enough. No, no, and no. Snyder reportedly didn’t want to send Cousins to the 49ers out of pure spite for Kyle Shanahan.
On a more serious note, the Redskins fired general manager Scot McCloughan right as free agency was starting. McCloughlan had struggled with alcoholism in the past and had reportedly suffered relapses. Firing him for that is harsh, but potentially necessary. The problem is that reports came out that the Washington front office was jealous of McCloughlan and used the relapses as an excuse.
Was told late in the season of jealousy up top and how they'd one day use McCloughan drinking as an excuse to can him. Exactly what happened
— Mike Jones (@ByMikeJones) March 10, 2017
Of course, Snyder didn’t become the Redskins’ owner in 2017. His first year in the NFL was 1999, the same year the Cleveland Browns re-entered the league. In that time, the notoriously unstable Browns have had nine head coaches. Washington has had eight.
But Cleveland has had three different majority owners and two different majority ownership groups. Snyder, meanwhile, has been the Redskins’ one and only head honcho. So, the instability in Washington falls on his lap.
Snyder has been embroiled in another controversy for a long time, and to be fair, whoever owns the Redskins will suffer through this one. The team has a controversial name. The name controversy isn’t as easy as saying anyone who wants to change it is a P.C. snowflake, or that anyone who wants to keep it is an insensitive bigot.
Make no mistake, this is not a plea for Snyder to drop the team name. But it took more than a decade for him to publicly show any real sensitivity to the other side of an undeniably complicated argument. That’s hard to digest.
All things considered, calling Snyder is a blowhard is being kind. But no need to thank us, Dan. Pay it forward.